Double-Booked

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Double Booked
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 25, 2009
StudioTrio: Systems 2 Studios
Experiment: Brooklyn Recording
Label Blue Note
Robert Glasper chronology
In My Element
(2007)
Double Booked
(2009)
Black Radio
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Tom Hull B− [2]

Double Booked is an album by jazz pianist and composer Robert Glasper, released on the Blue Note label on August 25, 2009. The album is Glasper's third for Blue Note.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Robert Glasper except as indicated.

The Robert Glasper Trio

  1. "Intro" - 0:30
  2. "No Worries" - 7:06
  3. "Yes I'm Country (And That's OK)" - 8:06
  4. "Downtime" - 5:21
  5. "59 South" - 6:11
  6. "Think of One" (Thelonious Monk) - 9:12

The Robert Glasper Experiment

  1. "4eva" (R. Glasper, Dante Smith) - 2:16
  2. "Butterfly" (Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin)(lyrics by Jean Hancock) - 6:00
  3. "Festival" - 10:02
  4. "For You" (Sameer Gupta)(lyrics by Casey Benjamin) - 2:10
  5. "All Matter" (Bilal Sayeed Oliver) - 6:33
  6. "Open Mind" (Derrick Hodge) - 8:34

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [3] 7

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. Tamarkin, Jeff. "Review: Double-Booked". Allmusic . Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  2. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Robert Glasper". tomhull.com . Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. "Robert Glasper Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2013.